Giveaway and Book Review: The Vine Witch by Luanne G. Smith

*GIVEAWAY ALERT* Visit @wornpagesandink on Instagram to enter to win! Open to residents of Canada and the US. *I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Vine Witch Author: Luanne G. Smith Publisher: 47North Publication Date: October 1, 2019 ISBN: 9781542008389 Synopsis from Goodreads:For centuries, the vineyards atContinue reading “Giveaway and Book Review: The Vine Witch by Luanne G. Smith”

Review: The Hunger by Alma Katsu

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Hunger Author: Alma Katsu Publisher: J. P. Puntam’s Sons Publication Date: March 6, 2018 ISBN: 9780735212510 Synopsis from Goodreads: Evil is invisible, and it is everywhere.  Tamsen Donner must be a witch. That is the only way to explain theContinue reading “Review: The Hunger by Alma Katsu”

Review: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Title: Kafka on the Shore Author: Haruki Murakami Publisher: Vintage Publication Date: First published in 2002 ISBN: 9781400079278   Synopsis from Goodreads: Kafka on the Shore is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing motherContinue reading “Review: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami”

Review: Himself by Jess Kidd

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Himself Author: Jess Kidd Publisher: Atria Books Publication Date: March 21, 2017 ISBN: 9781501166099 Synopsis from Goodreads: Blending strange kindnesses, casual violence and buried secrets: an unforgettable debut from a dark new voice in Irish fiction. When Mahony returns to Mulderrig, aContinue reading “Review: Himself by Jess Kidd”

The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater

Title: The Raven King (The Raven Cycle #4) Author: Maggie Stiefvater Publisher: Scholastic Press Publication Date: April 26, 2016 ISBN: 9780545424981 Synopsis from Goodreads: For years, Gansey has been on a quest to find a lost king. One by one, he’s drawn others into this quest: Ronan, who steals from dreams; Adam, whose life is noContinue reading “The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater”

Review: Seconds by Bryan Lee O’Malley

Title: Seconds Author: Bryan Lee O’Malley Publisher: Random House of Canada Publication Date: July 2014 ISBN: 9780345529374 Synopsis from Goodreads: Katie’s got it pretty good. She’s a talented young chef, she runs a successful restaurant, and she has big plans to open an even better one. Then, all at once, progress on the new location bogs down,Continue reading “Review: Seconds by Bryan Lee O’Malley”

Review: Black Dog Summer by Miranda Sherry

*I received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: Black Dog Summer Author: Miranda Sherry Publisher: Simon & Schuster Canada Publication Date: February 10, 2015 ISBN: 9781476779768 Synopsis from Goodreads: Compulsively readable and stylistically stunning, Black Dog Summer begins with a murder, a farmstead massacre, in the South African bush. Thirty-eight-year-oldContinue reading “Review: Black Dog Summer by Miranda Sherry”

Review: Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

Title: Blue Lily, Lily Blue Author: Maggie Stiefvater Publisher: Scholastic Press Publication Date: November 1, 2014 ISBN: 9780545424967 Synopsis from Goodreads: There is danger in dreaming. But there is even more danger in waking up. Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group toContinue reading “Review: Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater”

Review: Libba Bray’s The Diviners

Title: The Diviners Author: Libba Bray Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Date Published: 2012 (hardcover), 2013 (paperback) Libba Bray, the author of the Gemma Doyle series (a series that I was complete obsessed with in high school and still love to this day), has begun a new series,Continue reading “Review: Libba Bray’s The Diviners”